― Colin Beckett (Colin Beckett), Saturday, 6 March 2004 00:25 (twenty-one years ago)
― eleki-san (eleki-san), Saturday, 6 March 2004 14:31 (twenty-one years ago)
― oops (Oops), Sunday, 7 March 2004 00:48 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 7 March 2004 00:50 (twenty-one years ago)
― oops (Oops), Sunday, 7 March 2004 07:49 (twenty-one years ago)
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Sunday, 7 March 2004 07:59 (twenty-one years ago)
― Colin Beckett (Colin Beckett), Sunday, 7 March 2004 23:21 (twenty-one years ago)
ONLY TEN? Bah...(I should note I am a MUCH bigger fan of his early period work, so that said...)
Honour Your Father And MotherDraculaParentsMadgie007Rudy Got SoulRude Boy TrainFu Man ChuKeep A Cool HeadThis Womanetc., etc.
― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 15:12 (twenty-one years ago)
what a baller. is everything he ever did worth tracking down? i've got the Rockin' Steady comp on Rhino, but some of this set and others are appealing: complete early years '63 -'68..
― poortheatre, Monday, 10 September 2007 16:24 (eighteen years ago)
Point really needs to be reissued. I should've put "Cindy" on that list.
I just heard the samples from Compass Point last night for the first time. I especially liked the :30 clip of Cindy.
But I paused before downloading the disc because the AMG review TRASHED it. That was one of the harshest reviews I've seen from AMG in a long time. Doesn't mean I won't d/l it eventually, but it certainly made me pause.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 10 September 2007 16:57 (eighteen years ago)
I gotta get that!
"007 (Shanty Town)" "Israelites" (the mix/master on Tougher Than Tough: The Story of Jamaican Music) "Foo Manchu" (a.k.a. "Fu Manchu") "Mother Pepper" "Perseverance" "Intensified" (a.k.a. "Intensified Festival '68," a.k.a. "Music Like Dirt") "Unity" "Please Don't Bend" "Pickney Gal" backup on Derrick Morgan's "Tougher Than Tough"
My tribute:
http://blogs.citypages.com/pscholtes/2006/06/desmond_dekker_.php
― Pete Scholtes, Monday, 10 September 2007 23:52 (eighteen years ago)
"Dracula" and "To Sir With Love" are both incredible songs in completely different ways
― the next grozart, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 00:07 (seventeen years ago)
Just remembered "Peace of Mind":
"Everywhere, everywhere I go, yeah, there is always troubles and misery."
― Pete Scholtes, Wednesday, 21 May 2008 06:45 (seventeen years ago)
Revive because it's great!
― village idiot (dog latin), Tuesday, 7 September 2010 12:31 (fifteen years ago)
Far in the dark Western countrysiiiide, There is no place you can hide, no sir
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Tuesday, 7 September 2010 12:35 (fifteen years ago)
My Top 10:
007 (Shanty Town) (1967)Israelites (1968)Mother Pepper (1968) Fu Manchu (1968)Intensified Festival 68 (1968)Sing a Little Song (1973)Shing a Ling (1968)Mount Zion (1965)It Mek (1968)Unity (1967)
― Pete Scholtes, Sunday, 19 December 2010 22:33 (fourteen years ago)
I'm always so surprised at the quality of Desmond Dekker's songs. Often seen as a one-hit wonder, he's got dozens of songs at least as good as Israelites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaN2zlSc1yU
― Quickly, take hold of my hand, asshole! (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 August 2012 09:18 (thirteen years ago)
http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-728205-1152590329.jpeg
― Mark G, Friday, 4 April 2014 13:37 (eleven years ago)